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Thursday, October 4, 2012

MOAB '12: Sacile 1809 FoG:N style

The first was a
refight of the Battle of Sacile 1809 between the French dominated 'Army of
Italy' and an Austrian army under the command of Archduke John. We played using
FoG:N rules.

Deployment was as
per the actual historical battle, and the scenario was straight out of the FoG:N
rule book. Victory for the French required the Austrians being "Driven from the
field", (which was always going to be tough).

Our plan was to pin
the enemy in the centre and attempt to envelope both flanks, (well at least
attack from our left)

The terrain was not
very favourable for an attack, and my greatest concern as commander of the
French was that the isolated 4th Division of Barbou would be singled out for some real
punishment.

I say isolated as a
river separated the 4th Division from the two French divisions on its left, and bad
terrain on its right complicated any assistance coming from that
direction.

As it turned out my
worse fears were realised.

The Austrians were
able to delay and stall any attempt at an advance on our left, and the terrain
provided a real encumbent to an advance on the right. I should probably sat
defensively in the centre, but the mission brief didn't allow for such caution
and the central division was hammered by a combined arms assault that saw it
destroyed.

ABOVE: The river that runs between the 4th Division and 3rd Division.
BELOW: 3rd Division prepares for battle.

BELOW: ADCs from 3rd Division gaze in the direction of the doomed 4th Division.

BELOW: Severoli's small Italian Division.

BELOW: Part of the Austrian Army.

ABOVE: HUZZARS!!! (the Austrian type)
BELOW: The French Light Cavalry Division. They saw no action.

BELOW: The 4th Division advance.

BELOW: The 4th Division halt!

BELOW: The Commander of the Light Cavalry Division stuck in a traffic jam of troops.

BELOW: The Light Cavalry Divison attempt to fan out and find a way through the throng of troops.